Cutting-edge optical Internet Lab to open in Korea

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August 31, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Korea Times annoucment says, Nortel Networks and the Information and Communications University are planning to establish a
cutting-edge R & D and training facility focused on high performance all-optical Internet.

San Jose TV station to offer all news online

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August 31, 2000

Author: JT Smith

PR Newswire release describes how KNTV-TV in San Jose, California is going to offer all of its news, plus unedited interviews and other features not available over the air, via the WWW, and claims to be the first station to do this.

Palm trojan release was accidental, but intentional ones are sure to follow

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August 31, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Earlier this week a Swedish software developer said he accidentally released “Liberty Crack”
which enters handheld devices such as Palm’s and Handspring Inc.’s products, destroying
games and programmes that users have added.Reuters story at Canoe.ca quotes a security expert who says he expects to see other Palm viruses and trojans to start appearing in the next 3 – 6 months.

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Sun Microsystems’ McNealy finds being top dog brings challenges

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August 31, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Hours after Sun Microsystems Inc.
reported record results for the June quarter, Chief Executive Scott McNealy got
a call from one of his top salesmen, who was pumped up about the stellar
numbers. McNealy’s response: “Humble, buddy, humble.” From Bloomberg.com.

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AMD PC processor group head resigns

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August 31, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Larry Hollatz, vice
president for AMD’s Computation Products Group has resigned, according to this ZDNet.co.uk story.

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Perle completes acquisition of server-based RAS business and USBconnectivity products

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August 31, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Perle Systems Limited (NASDAQ: PERL; TSE: PL) a leading developer and manufacturer of networking products for IP and e-business
access, today announced that it completed the acquisition of the PORTtel Remote Access server board business and USBtel Multiport
Controller product line from PORTtel Pty Ltd of Australia.Press release at BusinessWire. The PORTtel Remote Access server board products acquired by Perle are used in Microsoft Windows, UNIX and Linux servers to provide a
simple, integrated solution for secure remote access applications.

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XML Days Europe –Call for participation

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August 31, 2000

Author: JT Smith

“Movable” event being held in assorted European cities October 17 – 27, 2000. Read more at LinuxPR.

The Register’s take on MSN Explorer — and its built-in word processor

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August 31, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Biting Register commentary on Microsoft’s latest strategic move and why it is both evil (according to The Register) and (also according to The Register) a throwback to the company’s old, failed, dominate-the-Internet strategy.

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Internet contributes to rise of identity theft, FTC says

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August 31, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The US Federal Trade Commission [FTC] says the Internet is part of the reason identity theft complaints have tripled in the last six month. Brief CNet story.

Report: Online training ‘boring’

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August 31, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Interesting Wired story talks about online (primarily corporate) training and its 80% dropout rate, asks whether most online courses are worth the pixels on which they’re printed.

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